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SubjectRe: [159/244] ipc/mqueue.c: fix mq_open() return value
On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 02:51:51PM -0400, Doug Ledford wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> > Um, that's the way this patch is upstream, right? So perhaps it
> > should
> > be fixed there first and then I can take the fix into -stable?
>
> Upstream is a bit of a fuzzy statement ;-) It might be in -next, but
> it's not in Linus' tree or Andrew's -mm tree or else my recent patches
> would have conflicted.

Sorry, I ment Linus's tree, that's where it matters for the stable
releases.

> And in fact, upon further reflection, I think maybe that particular
> test could use being split into two distinct tests. One for wrapping
> the byte counter, which would return -ENOMEM, and one for exceeding
> RLIMIT_MSGQUEUE which would return -EPERM (not sure if that's right, I
> would have to poke around elsewhere, but it seems a better response
> when you are violating a ulimit than nomem to me anyway).

Ok, care to get the patch into Linus's tree and then I can take it into
stable?

greg k-h


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